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May 2024
59m 22s

1321: All My Dreams Pass Before My Eyes,...

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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all the great wisdom cultures draw our attention to our helplessness to the force of time / all your money won't another minute buy / the 3 modes of material nature - without our knowledge, external influences are working their way into your mind / basically, we're all like defiant teenagers / ahem… um, debating Christian and atheist philosophers, the concept of karma kind of solves the whole thing / we're being crushed by the wheel of time / Prahlad's perspective as a witness of the destruction of a materialist at the highest level

SB 7.9.20-23

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